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The world's forests are increasingly taking up more carbon, partially offsetting the carbon being released by the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation in the tropics, according to a new study.
The findings, published in the journal Biogeosciences, suggest that forests are growing more vigorously, and therefore, locking away more carbon. Even so, the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is still on the rise.
[...] The increased plant growth in global forests could be due to several factors, including higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, warmer temperatures and increased availability of nitrogen.
Perhaps we should re-forest the deserts of the world.
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by dry on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:35AM
You might be thinking of tropical rain forests, which are quite different from the temperate one that grows along the coast from California to Alaska. There's some pretty fertile soil in the bottom lands but there are also a lot of steep mountains where the soil has a habit of washing away without trees to hold it.